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Old Nov 8, 2016 | 4:49 pm
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Originally Posted by JDiver
These are two separate functions:

Suggesting a thread for TalkMail suggests it for the periodic member newsletter.

Suggesting a post - sometimes a post within a thread breaks interesting formation about a frequent flyer program change, aircraft purchase, property addition or deletion, etc. - and might be of interest to those who check FlyerTalk's front page and news stories. These change daily, or more frequently.
Fair enough, but on a percentage basis, I feel like having the News button on every single FT post is overkill. And it clutters up the UI.

Maybe it could be moved over to the left next to the "online" status and "report" button.

Also, out of curiosity was this feature one of the things called out in the readership survey as something people were asking for?

P.S. someone told me the thumbs-up News button has been there a long time. I swear I've never noticed it before

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